Geode Thank You Card

Today I have a quick card to share. This is the thank you card I designed for my son's birthday last month. He had a geode party so I wanted to continue that theme into his thank you cards. As I was mass producing them I wanted it to be a simple design and this is what I came up with. The geode image is from Concord & 9th's Geode set. I stamped it slightly off center in Versa Mark ink and then embossed in gold. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink's set Pedal Pusher, also embossed in gold.

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies
Stamps: Geode (Concord & 9th), Pedal Pusher (PTI)
Paper: Stamper's Select White (PTI)
Ink: Versa Mark
Other: gold embossing powder

Sip Sip Hurray!

A few days ago I shared the card I made for my son's birthday. Today I want to share what we gave his classmates at school the day of his birthday to celebrate. His school has a "no food treat" policy for student birthdays, so we handed out silly straws instead. 

I could have just handed out the straws and been done with it, but I can't help myself and have to personalize things. I designed the cute little tags in Word and then printed them out onto white card stock. I used my paper trimmer to cut them into tags and punched a hole with my Crop-a-dile. Various colors of baker's twine were used to tie them onto the straws. My mom was actually in town the week of my son's birthday so she helped me tie on the tags. Thanks, Mom! :)

 I love gift giving so these were super fun for me to make. I hope the kids enjoyed them!

For additional non-food treat ideas, these are what we handed out last year. They are glow bracelets from the dollar store with an added tag, again made in Word. The tags were trimmed down and I notched the ends with scissors to create a banner look. Then I used my Crop-a-dile to punch holes on both ends and then I just slipped in the glow bracelets. Easy and fun!

Thanks for reading and I hope your week is off to a great start!

Hope Your Birthday Rocks!

My eldest son recently turned 7 years old, and to celebrate he wanted a geology themed birthday party. This was actually a very cool and fun theme!  Of course Papertrey Ink's Geode Layers die, along with the Text & Texture: Agate stamp set, were perfect for his card.

Having a February birthday means that his birthstone is amethyst, so I chose to use a purple and gold color scheme for his card. It also ended up being the color scheme for his party, so it all coordinated! I started with gray for the outer layer of the geode, then mixed in various shades of purple alternating with gold card stock. The background is also embossed in gold. I went back over all of the purple layers with my Wink of Stella pen, this card really sparkles and shines in person!

The sentiment was stamped in VersaMark ink onto a strip of vellum card stock, then heat embossed in gold. I wrapped the vellum all the way around the card front and adhered it behind the front panel with Score Tape. 

Here you can really see the shimmering effect. Happy birthday to my big kid!

SUPPLIES:
Stamps: Text & Texture: Agate (PTI)
Paper: Stamper's Select White, Soft Stone, Vellum (PTI), purple (Michael's), gold
Ink: VersaMark
Dies: Geode Layers (PTI)
Other: gold embossing powder, Wink of Stella

To Infinity and Beyond!

This past weekend we celebrated my nephew's 1st birthday and the theme of his party was Toy Story. I knew the perfect set to use for his card, Boy Basics: Out of This World! My layout was inspired by this card. The focal panel was cut from Stamper's Select White card stock with the Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangles die. The circular window was cut using My Favorite Things Inside Out Stitched Circle STAX. I also cut a circle from the card base, so the window went all the way through to the inside of the card.

The sentiment was stamped in Versa Fine Onyx Black ink and then embossed with clear powder to give it some shine.

I die cut the rocket ship from Stamper's Select White card stock with the coordinating die. Then I used Zig markers to color it in with Buzz Lightyear inspired colors. To create the faint grey radiating lines I used a stencil from the Make it Market Mini Kit: Out of This World and blended Weathered Wood Distress Oxide ink.

The blue starry sky was created by blending Chipped Sapphire and Blueprint Sketch distress oxide ink onto a panel of white card stock. I then die cut the starry circle from Scene It: Skyscapes die collection and used a glue stick to glue it inside the card, aligned with my stitched circle cut from the front panel. I cut the starry circle a second time from silver card stock and inlaid the silver stars into the blue circle.

The rocket was attached to the front panel, and the panel was attached to the card base with foam tape. Here you can see the dimension and peek-a-boo window.

The inside was simply stamped with an appropriate sentiment from the Wishes Come True set.


SUPPLIES:
Stamps: Boy Basics: Out of This World, Wishes Come True (PTI)
Ink: Chipped Sapphire, Blueprint Sketch, Weathered Wood (Distress Oxide), Versa Fine Onxy Black, Versa Mark
Paper: Stamper's Select White (PTI), silver
Dies: Rocket die, Scene It: Skyscapes (PTI), Inside Out Stitched Circle STAX die namics (MFT), Stitched Rectangles (Simon Says Stamp)
Other: Stencil from Make it Market Mini Kit, Out of this World (PTI), Zig Clean Color pens, clear embossing powder, foam tape